Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE:EPR) has finally exited the wine industry after losing at least $130 million over the past six years. And fast on the heels of that exit is the abrupt and immediate departure of its CEO and President, David Brain, whose replacement by…

Deerfield Ranch Winery’s Feb. 13, 2014 Chapter 11 filing should never have been necessary but for shoddy treatment by senior secured lender Rabobank according to a winery declaration filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (Santa Rosa.) The declaration by Robert…

News From: United States Department of Agriculture & National Agricultural Statistics Service California crushed 3.91 million tons of wine grapes in 2014 according to the Preliminary Crush Report from the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). That is down 7.9% from…

Just received at 7:55 a.m. Friday in response to Wine Industry Insight’s request for further information. This makes clear that the safety issue of TDI in agglomerated corks is still up in the air and needs more work. No conclusive proof they are not safe.…

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Wine Industry Insight's editor and publisher, Lewis Perdue, founded Wine Business Monthly and Wine Business Insider in 1991. After their sale in 1997, he concentrated on writing books and serving as founder or co-founder of two technology corporations and as a start-up consultant to several others.

But during this time, Perdue maintained his contacts within the industry and continued to follow it. Among other topics, Perdue's 1999 book on the wine industry, The Wrath of Grapes, accurately predicted the timing and extent of the millennial winegrape oversupply.

Perdue has been an award-winning journalist, and Washington correspondent covering the White House and Capitol Hill. He has also served as a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Online, The Street.Com, Marketwatch and other business and financial media.

In addition to his journalism experience, Lew founded and managed a Los Angeles-based wine import/wholesale firm, has been a negociant and has hands-on business start-up and management experience.

That experience allows Lew to examine news, data and trends with insight shaped by experience.